The non-binding resolution would urge Congress to set in motion an amendment specifying that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as ordinary citizens.

The Massachusetts resolution was introduced by state Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, and Rep. Cory Atkins, D-Concord.

Similar measures have been introduced in at least nine other states.

As the two-year anniversary of the high court ruling approached, critics on Wednesday pointed to the flood of outside attack ads unleashed during Republican presidential primaries, many of them funded by so-called Super PACs, which can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections